Major findings of the project are, first, that the productive capabilities of the Japanese machinery industry, especially those of the automobile parts suppliers, were yet quite premature until the post-WWII decades (perhaps the mid-1960s). This finding is corroborated by the first-hand examination of original records of the Ford Motor Japan, Inc.Second, success or failure of technology transfers from Japan to contemporary developing nations hinges critically on (a) skill formation of the indigenous work force on the one hand, and (b) on the manner and form of decision-making and the flow of production information in work organization.It is hoped that these findings will form a basis for further empirical analysis of the vertical division of labor in the industrial structure of the machinery industry, both in Japan and elsewhere.翻って現代の東南アジアを観察すると、機械部品供給工業(とりわけ現地資本)の発達は、その試みが開始されて30年前後を経た現在でもいまだしの感がある。個別企業の史的経験に照らして判断すれば、その理由は、市場規模、生産技術の不備、人的資源(とくに経営・技術資源)の不足に求められる。この結論に至った経緯は、日本についてと同じくケ-ス・スタディ-の形で、一橋大学経済研究所ディスカッション・ペ-パ-・シリ-ズに収録する予定である。